Author
Woodward, Josiah author.
Title
An account of the progress of the reformation of manners, : in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and other parts of Europe and America. With reasons and directions for our engaging in this glorious work. In a letter to a friend. To which is added, Her Majesty's Proclamation for the encouragement of piety and virtue, and for the preventing and punishing of vice, prophaneness, and immorality..
Edition
The eleventh edition with additions..
Imprint
London, : Printed and sold by J. Downing, in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield,, 1703..
Physical description
48, [26] pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 16 cm (8vo)
Note
Anonymous. By Josiah Woodward.
Note
Engraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Anne, signed "I. Nutting sculp."
Note
Title within double ruled border.
Note
Printed marginalia.
Note
Signatures: A⁴ ²A-B⁸ C⁴.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N16133
Provenance
Printed bookplate with a rectangular border and inscription “This book belongs to the library in the vicarage house of Gillingham in Dorset: being one of the books given by [blank] Freke, esq; to the said library, A.D. [blank]. Attested by me (this 12 April 1735) William Newton, Vicar and Minister of Wingham, Kent. No. [blank]”. “Thomas” added in manuscript in gap before “Freke”. Gap following “No” left blank.
Part of the Gillingham Parochial Library, bequeathed to the vicar and feoffees of the parish lands of Gillingham by Thomas Freke (d. 1718?), and placed on permanent loan in Salisbury Cathedral Library 25 November 1992. Upper flyleaf with Gillingham shelfmark is missing, but remaining flyleaf has ink transfer, which may be "CC10". Gillingham reference CC10/L/-.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (20th century) with design based on the Dean and Chapter seal, and inscription “Sarvm Cathedral Library.”
Binding
18th-century sprinkled and plain brown sheepskin over rope-fibre boards; sewn on two supports; blind fillets on boards forming two concentric rectangular frames with blind stamps at outer corners of inner frame; blind fillets on spine; text block edges sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Pagination from ESTC. This copy is lacking pages 1-8, the engraved portrait, and the unpaginated sequence at end. Bound with: An account of the societies for reformation of manners, in England and Ireland. London 1701. It appears that the final [28] pages of the 1701 text are bound following the 1703 text.
Subject
Societies for the Reformation of Manners
Subject
Courtesy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Etiquette Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Nutting, Joseph engraver.
Added entry--name
Downing, Joseph printer.
Added entry--name
Freke, Thomas former owner.
Added entry--name
St. Mary the Virgin (Church : Gillingham, Dorset : England) owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
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